You could also argue that it is misrepresentation (hence breach of
copyright) on his part - in 'our' section for example, he describes the
University and its environs and says 'we have', 'we are' etc.
Mike
At 16:45 10/01/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>I've had a look through the 'original content' on this site and can't see
>any logos or pictures lifted from institutions websites, so there
>does not appear to be any straightforward breach of copyright. However
>*you* could argue (I can't as we don't appear to be listed!) that
>some of the deep linking and use of framed pages is a breach of copyright.
>
>The site's real address is http://uni-link.tripod.com - which is part of
>the Lycos network. They class copyright infringement as an abuse of
>their webspace which you can report at
>http://help.lycos.com/LycosHelp/help/watchdog/htdocs/lycos_watchdog_form.htm
>- I guess if enough
>universities complained they may dump the site, which would at least
>remove the site for a while, if not permanently.
>
>Will
>
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>Marketing and Development, Sheffield Hallam University
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>Hi,
>
>Remember http://www.university-link.com? Well it now has a mix of links
>either to the same old stuff he wrote about us all, or to our actual
>websites but in his frame.
>
>Today we have been offered the chance to make an offer to buy
>leeds-university.co.uk, and I notice he's advertising a number of other
>xxx-university.co.uk domains for sale.
>
>Jeremy.
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